Associations to the word «Civilize»

Wiktionary

CIVILIZE, verb. Alternative spelling of civilise

Dictionary definition

CIVILIZE, verb. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".
CIVILIZE, verb. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King